Round 5: Tossup 20

This state’s governor Robert Ray helped resettle Tai Dam refugees of the Vietnam War in this state. Murders committed by Dale Burr in this state are described in the opening of the book When a Dream Dies, which is about this state’s experience during a 1980s “crisis.” A resident of this state, Lori Arnold, (10[1])established a drug trafficking organization that led her to be dubbed the “Queen of Meth.” A pioneer of hybrid seed corn who lived in this state, Roswell Garst, (10[5])served as an (0[1]-5[1])unofficial (10[2])agricultural state (-5[1])advisor. (10[1])A standard of “substantial disruption” was established after five students in this state wore black (-5[1])armbands (10[6])to protest the (10[1])Vietnam (-5[1])War. (10[1]-5[1])Nikita Khrushchev famously visited a farm in this state, where the Tinker test originated. For 10 points, name this state that hosts the first-in-the-nation (10[1])caucuses. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Iowa [or IA] (When a Dream Dies is by Pamela Riney-Kehrberg.)
<Editors, American History> | E. Prelims 5 - Indiana + Vanderbilt + MIT
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